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NH Senate backs conservation, higher education

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:20 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - The Senate Finance Committee is making preliminary decisions in putting together its two-year spending budget for New Hampshire.

Judge orders Forest Service into lynx consultation

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:33 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to consult with wildlife officials to ensure the agency takes adequate measures to protect Canada lynx in portions of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

Hawaii gov suggests environmental quality director

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:09 -0400

HONOLULU - Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has nominated Genevieve Salmonson as interim director of the Office of Environmental Quality Control.

Pa. officials probe possible pollution from farm

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:52:10 -0400

JERSEY SHORE, Pennsylvania - Environmental regulators are investigating reports of slaughterhouse waste in a Susquehanna River tributary in Lycoming County.

New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:04:39 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.

Bill would limit lawsuits over lead contamination

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:10:20 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - A Missouri-based lead mining company could be shielded from punitive damages in state lead contamination lawsuits under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

MS company pleads for illegally filling wetlands

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:02:09 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A Mississippi corporation has pleaded guilty to illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis.

NC lawmakers nearing 'crossover' deadline

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:49:10 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina General Assembly worked Wednesday through dozens of bills - both commonplace and contentious legislation - before a self-imposed cutoff designed to whittle down the topics they can consider through 2014.

NC Senate passes 2 major environmental repeals

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:23:07 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The North Carolina Senate passed two major environmental rollbacks Wednesday ahead of a deadline over objections from Democratic lawmakers.

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:29 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears.

Owner of Vt. oil pipeline seeks ruling re-do

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:01 -0400

MONTPELIER, Vermont - The owner of a crude oil pipeline that runs between Maine and Montreal is asking Vermont environmental regulators to reconsider a ruling that would require a new review under the state's land-use planning law if the company seeks to move Canadian tar sands oil to Portland for possible shipment to markets across the world.

DNR: Wildfire danger is very high in most of Wis.

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:34:46 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Dry, warm and windy conditions are causing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to warn residents not to start fires of any kind.

W.Va. officials challenging EPA clean-air rules

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:26:52 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Two state officials are blasting the Environmental Protection Agency over new air pollution rules.

Ark. mountain snail dropped from endangered list

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:23 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - A dime-sized snail found only on Mount Magazine in western Arkansas has become the first invertebrate to be delisted under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday.

NC Senate bill repeals Jordan Lake water laws

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:36 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Environmental groups and state regulators are worried about a North Carolina Senate bill that repeals laws intended to improve water quality in Jordan Lake.

AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:47 -0400

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyoming - It's the not-so-green secret of the nation's wind-energy boom: Spinning turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each year.

Environmentalists praise fed ruling on San Onofre

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:38:58 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant - a decision that further clouds the future of the twin reactors.

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:57:57 -0400

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NC House seeks rollback of building energy codes

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:20:29 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A bill rolling back energy-efficiency standards for commercial builders passed a North Carolina House committee Monday.

NC to air study on PCB pollution in Yadkin River

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:01 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Fish in one of North Carolina's largest watersheds are more polluted by an industrial contaminant than previously reported and state health officials have failed to expand warnings against eating PBC-contaminated fish, according to a new study.

Environmentalists, Conn. clash over energy rules

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:03:14 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - When Daniel Esty became Connecticut's first commissioner of a merged energy and environmental agency two years ago, environmentalists saw an opportunity for new high-profile renewable energy policies linked to a cleaner environment.

Counties weigh burn ban as grass fires mount

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:55:39 -0400

JAMESTOWN, North Dakota - North Dakota's Stutsman County could soon be joining more than a dozen other counties that have issued burn bans after fighting 13 grass fires in the first 10 days of May.

Man gets 8 months for Clean Air Act violations

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:56:29 -0400

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois - A southwestern Illinois man who admitted violating the federal Clean Air Act by having asbestos illegally removed from a former industrial site has been sentenced to eight months of confinement.

Proposals would change Ohio deer-hunting rules

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:02:25 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Wildlife Council will consider proposals next week allowing deer-gun hunting in early January.

GOP legislators use power to control local affairs

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:48:32 -0400

ATLANTA - Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but by Republican-led legislatures reaching into local governing decisions, often over objections.